I love reading your memories.
I skipped the SNES so the jump from NES to N64 blew my mind.
Kokiri forest was such an amazing 3D world, until that first glimpse of Hyrule Field
I thought Kokiri Forest was a big area when I started the game, then Hyrule Field happens.
The first boss battle was pretty kick arse too. It took em a few tries to figure it out. Of course now you kill it in udner a mionute and say "next" but taht very first time enetering the room, being all dark and misty. waqlking there aimlessly until you decide to check around and target the ceiling. That eye contact moment with Gohma, when you weren't expecting it.
I really enjoyed my N64, ina way it is still one of my favourite consoles because of how much it meant to me. Mario Kart, OoT and MM, Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark. And even games that now people'd mock me for liking bu7t back then I thought they were cool, hahah, like Xena and the Talisman of Fate. :X'D: